Saw-guide.



1. L. STENQUIST.

SAW GU IDE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15,1916.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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JOHN L. sTENeuIsT; or new YORK, n. Y.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOH L. STENQUIST,

a citizen of the United: States, residing in they city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Saw-Guide, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for guiding'hand-saws.

The principal objects of my invention are, p

to provide a device for guiding a hand-saw in the operations of cutting a tenon or similar joint; to afford facilities foradjustingthe guide, angularly, horizontally and vertically; to provide means for detachably securing the guide to an ordinary carpenters vise or other work holding device; and to provide an attachment for readily converting the device into a miter box.-

. In an ordinary miter boX the work can be out only edgewise or crosswise, whereas with my improved devlce it can also be cut lengthwise, thus permittlng of the device being used to guide a saw in the operations of cutting a tenon. Furthermore, with my improved guide, the cuts may be made at any desired angle, or at any desired distance from an edge of the work to any desired depth so as to form tenons or other joints of various sizes and. shapes.

To these ends my invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the'clalms. In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an end elevation of the device, showing.

it attached to the movable jaw of a carpenters vise and in position for guiding; a saw to form a longitudinal cut in the work; Fig

2 is a, rear elevation of the same, Fig. 3 a side elevation of the devlce, showing the miter box attachment in place and the guide adjusted through an angle of 90 relative to its position as shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 1s a front elevation thereof; Fig. 5 is an end view looking from the bottom; and Fig. 6 is p a detailed view of the adjustable sleeve to permit it to move vertically therein It ill b ppa t hat by t i con truct n.

which supports the guide-arm.

Similar numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a frame piece having at its top a bracket 2, which carries a horizontal disk 3. Mounted on said disk, and swiveled' on the bolt l, is a split sleeve 5 having a disk shaped base 6. The sleeve is revolubly adjustable about its axis 4 and it is provided with a spring SAW-GUIDE.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

catch? or other suitable device for 11121111".

taining it in adjusted angular position,

A horizontal arm 8, carrying at its for,.

ward extremity. the. saw-guide proper, is; supported in said sleeve and is adjustable;

ward end of the arm 8., At the ends of the yoke are sleeves-1s through the apertures of whicheivtend; the spindles 15 of the guide; members 16. Each of said. membersha-s two i aws which are. spaced;sli-ghtlyapart and are provided at their inner surfaces; with suit able facing strips; 17, between which the saw blade 18 passes. Adjusting-screws 19' Having reference to Figs 1 and, 2, it will be apparent that as the saw desccnds into.

, Patented ov. 6,1917, Applicationfiled. July 15, 1916. Serial No. 109,519; I

I f I desired the The saw-guide propen comprises a yoke 11 providedwith studg or pin l2 which. is supported ina sleeve 13, having a vertical opening, which sleeve issecured, to theforthe work, the guide members will follow-its downward movementuntil'stopped the striking of the collars 20. on the sleeves 14,

thus gaging the depth of the kerff tofbe out. By means of the set-screws21, the sawguides; may be secured in fixed posit-ion, if

so, desired.

22 is a clamp-screw by means of which the guide'is secured to the vise or otherwork supporting device, The clamp-screw iscarried in an arm 23 provided with a T shaped head 24 which; fits into a longitudinal groove 25 formed in the front of the frame piece 1. A slotted, plate 26, secured over the groove, serves; to, hold the-head of the clamp arm in said groove, as shown in Fig. 5,, and

the frame piece, which carries the sawguide,

sired position relative to the work.

To enable the device to be used as a miter box, I provide a work supporting table or shelf 27 having a right-angled flange 28 and supported on a bracket 29 which is pro vided with lugs 30 adapted to embrace the sides of the frame piece. The table, when inattached position, rests on the back of the clamp arm 23 and is held in place by engagement of the lugs 30 with the sides of the frame piece, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. An adjustable stop 31 is provided, against which the work to be mitered abuts when placed on the table.

The manner in which my invention operates is as follows.

The clamp arm 28 is placed over the movable jaw 32 of the vise and clamp-screw 2'2 turned home. The work 33 is then placed between the jaws of the vise, as shown in Fig. l, and the vise screw 34 is tightened. By adjusting the arm 8 horizontally, the saw-guides proper may be positioned so as to form a longitudinal cut at any desired distance from an edge of the work.

After the longitudinal cut hasbeen madethe work is removed from the vise and the table or shelf 27 is attached to the frame piece 1. The arm 8 is then swung around through an arc of 90 and adjusted horizontally in the sleeve 5, so as to bring'the sawguides in position to form a rightangled cross cut in the work as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. It will be understood that by a proper angular adjustment of the arm 8 or of the yoke 11 the angularity of cut may be varied as desired.

In the foregoing specification l have described a preferred embodiment of my in vention, but it is obvious that various modifications may be made in the details of the construction and in the arrangement of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a saw guiding device, an upright frame piece, a rearwardly extending bracket 011 the upper end thereof, a horizontally arranged sleeve support swiveled on a vertical pivot on the bracket, a horizontal arm end- Jise adjustable in the sleeve support, means for supporting a piece of work against the upright frame piece and a depending saw guide carried by the arm in front of the frame piece and adapted to be moved toward and from the latter on endwise adjustment of the arm in its sleeve support.

2. In a saw guiding device, a vertical frame piece, a bracket on the upper portion thereof, a horizontally arranged sleeve having a flat base mounted on a vertical pivot of the bracket, an arm adjustable endwise and rotatably in the sleeve, means for supporting a piece of work against the upright frame piece and a saw-guide carried by the arm.

3. In a saw guiding device, an upright frame piece, a rearwardly extending bracket thereon, a horizontally swingable and endwise adjustable arm supported by the bracket for swinging over the frame piece, a yoke pivoted between its ends to the end of said arm and in front of the frame piece .vhereby the same may be adjusted toward and from the latter on endwise movement of the arm, and a pair of saw guides carried by the yoke.

a. in a saw guiding device, an upright frame piece having its front side prepared to clamp against the work and its rear side provided with a vertical slot, an arm adjustably engaged in the slot of the frame piece for securing the latter to a support, a work table embracing the frame piece and supported on the arm, and a saw guide rotatably carried by the frame piece to lie disposed in front of the latter or over the work table.

5. In a saw guide device a frame piece supporting an arm carrying saw-guides, said arm being adjustable angularly and horizontally, means for securing the frame piece to a support and a detachable work supporting table provided with lugs engaging the sides of the frame piece.

6. In a saw guiding device, a frame piece, a horizontally swingable arm supported thereon, a yoke provided with a pin which is disposed between the ends of the yoke and is pivotally secured in the forward end of the arm, sleeves in the ends of the yoke, saw-guide members operable independently of one another and having upright spindies whichpass through the sleeves of the yoke, and vertically adjustable stops on said spindles.

7. In a saw guiding device, an upright frame piece having its front side prepared to clamp against the work, means adjustable on the back of the frame piece for securing the latter to a support, a work .able slidably and directly embracing the frame piece to be guided thereby and adjustably supported relative thereto by the aforesaid means, and a tool guiderotatably carried by the frame piece for being disposed in front of the latter or over the work table.

- JOHN L. STENQUIST.

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